Children of a Whiskey Lullaby

Chapter 7

Olivia was speechless, teary-eyed, and utterly surprised. Ryan, the person she was trying her best to push away, had fallen in love with her. "Are you awake?" He asked but Olivia stayed limp with eyes closed to see what he'd do. Without a word he set against the tree, stood up and carried Olivia to the motorcycle. He held her tightly as he carefully drove her home. He pulled her with him off the bike and walked her through the door and laid her on the couch.
Then he just left. Olivia opened her eyes a bit to see him walking out the door. He was leaving her. Olivia sat up on the couch pulling out her phone to check the time. "It's one in the morning! Why didn't I pay attention to the time?" She got up and went to walk upstairs when a hand grabbed her wrist.
"Where are you going? I thought you were asleep, were you faking?" Ryan asked smirking at her.
God she hated that smirk it made her heart melt every time, though she'd never admit it. "If I say I was faking what would you do about it?"
"Nothing I liked carrying you, it made me feel important." Olivia was speechless this was getting to be to much she couldn't fall in love with him, not like last time.
He went to grab her hand but she pulled away, "I can't, I'm so sorry!" She whisper yelled and ran upstairs to her room and locked the door. "Why him? Out of all people did I have to fall for him?" Olivia asked herself and began to cry herself to sleep.
Olivia woke up to sun light shining through her window and someone pounding on her door. "Olivia are you in there?! Open the door! This isn't funny!" She heard Carlos yelling at her through the door. She got up and went to open the door which she had locked last night to keep Ryan from following her. She opened the door and Carlos sighed loudly in relief but quickly began to explain why he was so eager to have her come out of her room. "Yara called Lola about an hour ago saying Ryan never came home last night! Everyone's worried sick! Winter even called the police!" He said all rushed and out of breath, "Do you know where he is at all? Winston said you were the last person he was with before he disappeared." Olivia just shrugged her shoulders to shocked by the news to answer.
Olivia went back into her room without a word and changed into some day clothes. She called Ryan's cell but their was no answer. Without another thought Olivia walked out the door and started up the motorcycle and took off. When she got to Coco's Corner Olivia parked the bike and headed inside and immediately was greeted by Bella, "Oh hey Olivia what can I do for you?"
"Have you seen Ryan today?" Olivia asked rushed.
"No he hasn't been here that I know of but you might ask Coco she's in the kitchen." Olivia headed back into the kitchen and saw Coco at the stove.
"Coco have you seen Ryan today?"
Coco looked at Olivia's worried face and answered, "No I haven't seen him today. He did stop by last night before I closed up, he didn't really say much except he wanted to know more about you."
"If you see him please call me." Olivia said before heading out of the kitchen and through the cafe to the street were her bike was parked. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and called Carlos.
"Hey Olivia where did you go?" Carlos' voice said through the phone.
"I went to check Coco's Corner. I thought Ryan might have been there." Olivia then explained what all happened last night and waited for Carlos to respond.
"You mean to tell me, that you of all people, went on a date and didn't tell us?" Carlos responded sarcastically and his smirk could be heard through the phone.
"Yes I went on a date with Ryan but he means nothing I'm just trying to help!"
"You shouldn't do this to yourself I can tell you actually care just like..."
"Don't mention him Carlos he hurt me and I won't be hurt again!" With that Olivia hung up and shoved her phone in her pocket. She rode to her old family home and turned the bike off. She heard something in the backyard and opened the gate. There was music playing towards the center of the yard beneath the willow tree.

Play music
🎶 Ryan: Got a baby girl sleeping in my bedroom
And her mama laughing in my arms
There's the sound of rain on the rooftop
And the game's about to start

I don't really know how I got here
But I'm sure glad that I did
And it's crazy to think that one little thing
Could've changed all of it

Maybe it didn't turn out like I planned
Maybe that's why I'm such, such a lucky man

For every stoplight I didn't make
Every chance I did or I didn't take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew but I didn't know
Thank God for all I missed
Cause it led me here to
This

Like the girl that I loved in high school
Who said she could do better
Or that college I wanted to go to
'Til I got that letter

All the fights and the tears and the heartache
I thought I'd never get through
And the moment I almost gave up
All lead me here to you

I didn't understand it way back when
But sitting here right now it all makes perfect sense

For every stoplight I didn't make
Every chance I did or I didn't take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew but I didn't know
Thank God for all I missed
Cause it led me here to
This

How I cried when my mama passed away
But now I've got an angel looking out for me today
So nothing's a mistake

For every stoplight I didn't make
Every chance I did or I didn't take
All the nights I went too far
All the girls that broke my heart
All the doors that I had to close
All the things I knew but I didn't know
Thank God for all I missed
Cause it led me here to
This
It led me here to
This
Olivia stood their hidden in the tree leaves, wondering who he was singing about. "I know your there Liv you don't need to hide."
"How did you.." He raised his hand and she stopped talking and a silence filled the air like a thick blanket.
"I feel different when your around, you make me feel happy something I have barely felt since my wife left me and my daughter. You light up my life better than anyone else. Liv I love you and I want you to be mine!" He got down on his knees in front on Olivia and leaned his head on her torso. "Please don't leave." He grabbed something out of his pocket, "Will you marry me?"